TABLE 3.

Identification of different B. burgdorferi sensu lato species in I. ricinus ticks collected at five different sites (A, B, H, L, and M) in Konstanz

Speciesa	Infection rate
	A		B		H		L		M		Σ
	No. +b	%	No. +	%	No. +	%	No. +	%	No. +	%	No. +	%
B.b.	7	12	16	11	7	18	0	0	9	17	39	11
B.g.	20	33	20	14	7	18	18	18	6	11	66	18
B.a.	23	38	80	55	18	45	46	65	28	52	195	53
Unknown	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	4	1
B.b. + B.g.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B.b. + B.a.	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	6	6	2
B.g. + B.a.	9	15	26	18	8	20	9	18	7	13	59	16
B.a + unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0.3
B.b + B.g + B.a	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.3
Total positive	60	30	146	57	40	20	71	36	54	27	371	35
Total measured	200		256		196		200		203		1,055

^aB.b., B. burgdorferi sensu stricto; B.g., B. garinii; B.a., B. afzelii.

^b+, positive.